Urawa Station


Urawa Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East [Japan Railway Company]. It is located near Saitama City Office and the Saitama Prefectural Government Office.

Lines

Urawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, and Shōnan-Shinjuku Lines. It is 6.1 kilometers from and 24.2 kilometers from.

Station layout

The station has three elevated island platforms, serving six tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

History

Urawa Station opened on 28 July 1883 as a station of Nippon Tetsudō company, when this company opened the railway from Ueno Station to Kumagaya Station. At that time, there were only six stations along the route, so Urawa Station is one of the oldest stations of the Tōhoku Main Line, and is also the oldest in the present-day city of Saitama.
Following eight years of construction, the station became fully elevated in March 2013, therefore allowing the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to serve the station from 16 March 2013 onwards.
In 2017, chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Keihin-Tōhoku Line platforms, brought into use from 21 October 2017.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 95,865 passengers daily.
The daily passenger figures in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
200073,995
200573,633
201079,113
201587,650

Surrounding area

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